Combined automobile-jack and tire-pump.



W'. F. RAWLINGS.

COMBINED AUTOMOBILE JACK AND TIRE PUMP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. I9I4.

III 1 1% Patented J an. 16, 1917.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM F. RAwLINes, a citizen of the United States residingat tlleveland, in the county. ofUuyahoga and State of Ohio,.have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Automobilev gle handleoperates the two devices, and the jack when acting to support the wheel is held in a fixed lrigid positien,..so-that it is much easier to operate the pump to inflate the tire than is the case with the ordinary pump which must beheld still withone hand or the foot while the handle is operated. One embodiment of the invention is. illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of the device with the lifting member of the jack shown'in section, Fig. 2is a vertical section'through the device, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the operating handle in section.

The main body portion of the device 'comprises a casting 1, formed with the two cylmders 2 and 3. ll/founted for reciprocation in the cylinder 2'is the pisto'nt provided on its lower side with the cu leather 5 and on its upper side with the li ing member 6 of the jack. Une face of the lifting member 6 is provided with: the series of teeth 7 form- I awl' 8 is adapted toenga e and maintain t e lifting member in any esired osition of elevation to which it is moved. he 11 per end of the lifting member dis provided with the shoe 9' adapted to engage the axle of the automobile with which the jack is used,

The smaller cylinder 3 is provided with a piston 10haviuponits 'lower'face the cup leather 11.: This piston 10 isreciproeated from the handle 12 by means of the link 13,

the handle 12 being forked at its end as indicated in Fig. 1 and pivoted at It to theupper portionjof, the casting 1 constituting A the framework of the device.

A pamageway-15 connects the lower'ends of the cylinders 2 and 3, and air is supplied beneath the piston 10. on its up stroke through the inlet valve 16, such inlet valve being provided with a check valve for prov: rrnrnrrr.

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venting the outward flow of air therethrough on the downward movement of the piston 10. The passage 15 is also provided I with. a check valve 17 which permits a flow of air from the cylinder 3-to the cylinder 2,

but prevents any reverse flow of air. The p lower ends of the cylinders 2 and 3 are closed by means of the heads 18 and 19 re- Q lspectively, such heads beingiscrew threaded into position as indicated in Fig. 2.

In order that the air supplied beneath the I piston 4 may be conducted to a tire after the automobile wheel is raised from the ground, a connection 20 is provided (Figs. 1 and 3) such connection engaging a flexible pipe 21,

the How of air therethrough being controlled by means of the cut-0d valve 22. In order to permit the lowering of the lifting member 6 and the wheel carried thereby, the lower end of the cylinder 2 is provided with the bleed cook or valve 23, by means of which.

it is possible to control the flow of air from the space beneath the piston t to the. atmosphere.

The operation, whenit is desired to in .flate the tire, is as follows:The shoe 9 is placed beneath the axle of the automobile and the handle 12-is moved up and down thus pumping air from the cylinder 3 to the cylinder 2 and causing the piston t to rise. This pumping action is continueduntil the wheel is lifted from'the ground, the

pawl 8 serving to hold the lifting member ti at the Eosition to which it has been moved after e operation of the handle 12 ceased. The pipe 21 is then connected with the stem of the automobile tube and the valve 22 moved to position as indicated in Fig. 1, thus placing the body of the compressed air beneath the piston 4.- in communication with tire. The handle 12 is then operated .to pump the desired quantlty of is closed and the handle 12 operated to move the'lifting member slightly upward. This slight upward movement of the iftlng air into the tire, after which the valve 22 member permits of the release of the pawl 8,

such memmr being moved back td release position and-the valve 23 opened, thus ermitting the piston and the automobile w eel carried thereby to be moved down.

' The apparatus as illustrated and I de scribed is advantageous not only because of the fact that the oneiece ap aratuaean be made to perform t e two emotions of lifting and pumping hitherto requiring two distinct devices, but because the pumping apparatus in connection with the jack is much more easily operated than a separate pumping device. This ease of operation is due to the fact that the jack when perform? ing its function of supporting the axle is held in a fixedposition so that .the'only operation required in order to inflate the tire is the reciprocation of the handle 12 and no attention or effort is required in holding the pump steady as in the case where a separate pump is used requiring support by th'eoperators foot or-his other hand. In those cases where the automobile is equipped with an engine driven air pump, a hose connection may be made therefrom to the cook 23 and the piston is raised .by the power thus supplied instead of by the hand pump operated by the handle 12. The air pressure thus supplied could be made to perform the double function of lifting the axle and pumping the tire or of merely lifting the axle, the cock 22'being closed in the latter event.

What I claim is:

1. In combination in an automobile jack, a fixed jack member, a relatively movable lifting member, manually releasable catch means" for holding the lifting member at any desired position, air operated meansfor moving the lifting member upward, an air pump carried by said fixed jack member for supplying air to the air operated means, a connection leading from the jack whereby the air compressed by the pump may be sup- 'plie'd for use in other relations and the pump operated to supply such air while the catch holds the lifting member in elevated position, and a cut-off valve for the said connection.

2. In combination in an automobile lifting' and pumping device, a cylinder, a lifti'ng member, an air pump forsupplying air to the cylinder to move the lifting member,

a catch for holding the lifting member of the jack in elevated position, and a supply connection provided with a valve leading from the cylinder.

3. In combination in an automobile lifting and pumping device, a pneumatic jack including a cylinder and piston, an air pump carried by the cylinder, a supply connection from the pump to the cylinder, a check valve in the connection, a catch for holding the lifting member of the jack in elevated posi- 

